Only 2 Episodes Of DC TV Have Ever Scored Higher Than The Penguin"s Best One, In Over 70 Years

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Warning! This post contains SPOILERS for The Penguin episode 4.HBO"s The Penguin is a hit with fans and critics alike. The series follows a reimagined version of the villain of the same name, who was previously introduced in The Batman. Named Oz Cobb in this adaptation, the Penguin is trying to gain and cement power over Gotham"s criminal underworld. The show is less a superhero adaptation than it is a crime series akin to The Sopranos. Its episodes have an average approval rate of 94% for critics and 91% for audiences on Rotten Tomatoes. Episode 4 continues this trend, and it is the highest-rated of the series so far.
Show
Episode
IMDB Rating
Arrow
S5.E23 - Lian Yu
9.6
The Flash
S1.E15 - Out of Time
9.6
The Penguin
S1.E4 - Cent"Anni
9.5
Smallville
S5.E12 - Reckoning
9.4
Watchmen
S1.E8 - A God Walks into Abar
9.4
In fact, the latest installment of The Penguin is among the highest-rated episodes of any live-action DC Comics television adaptation to date. According to IMDB, the series has an impressive 9.5 rating. Only Arrow season 5, episode 23 and The Flash season 1, episode 15 beat it, with scores only higher by 0.1. For perspective, this means The Penguin"s fourth episode is better received than the likes of Smallville, Watchmen, Peacemaker, Gotham, and more. With such high praise, it"s important to look at why the latest episode of The Penguin struck a chord with audiences.
The Penguin Episode 4 Is Its Highest Rated For Good Reason Sofia Falcone's Backstory Is Tragic Close The Penguin episode 4 serves as Sofia Falcone"s villain origin story. Her complicated history unfolds via flashback. With the help of a journalist, young Sofia discovers her father, Carmine Falcone, is actually a serial killer who targets women, and he is responsible for her mother"s death. Unfortunately, her driver, Oz Cobb, rats her out to Carmine. The elder Falcone takes out the journalist and frames Sofia for his murders. She is declared mentally unfit to stand trial and is sent to Arhkam, where she suffers inhumane treatment by both staff and fellow inmates for 10 years.

Her next target is undoubtedly Oz, as he is the one responsible for her incarceration, her brother"s murderer, and now her number one obstacle in taking control of the Falcone empire.

Even more tragic, her brother Alberto was the only family member who stood by her, but he was killed by Oz earlier in the series. The latter half of the episode sees Sofia taking revenge on her family. Sofia only spares her young cousin Gia and Johnny Viti, an underboss she will likely need for strategic reasons. She gases the rest of the family, wiping them out. Her next target is undoubtedly Oz, as he is the one responsible for her incarceration, her brother"s murderer, and now her number one obstacle in taking control of the Falcone empire.

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